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Steps Up to Help Local Businesses
When Chapel Hill business owners thought
their luck had run out, Orange County and the town of Chapel Hill came to
the rescue.
Three weeks ago, local business owners thought
they'd be responsible for hauling empty cardboard
boxes to dump sites themselves. The
Chapel Hill Downtown Commission's agreement
with a private hauler ended last week. Businesses were facing the expensive option
of renewing the contract collectively at
$10,000 per year.
But now Orange County and the town of Chapel Hill have stepped up, offering
once-a-week pickups at two sites in downtown Chapel Hill. Orange County Solid
Waste Management Department began making the weekly pickups last Tuesday.
Town officials will continue to monitor this new approach to make sure the
program runs smoothly.
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